The defending MACJC North Division champion Northwest Rangers and fourth-year head coach Ricky Woods have announced the hiring of Jon Fabris as its new defensive line coach.

Fabris replaces Jordan Lesley, who coached one season for Northwest and left to take the defensive coordinator position at Kilgore College (Texas) in early March.

A veteran defensive coach, Fabris will be joining the Rangers’ coaching staff after spending the last nine seasons (2001-09) as the defensive ends coach on Mark Richt’s staff at the University of Georgia.

Somehow it’s fitting that the man who loved directional kicking now coaches at a directional community college.

Fabris got a job with Strong at Louisville instantly. He did not have trouble finding employment. What I’ve heard is this: he later decided to come back to Athens because he wanted to spend more time with his son. Then he sat out the job search for a while until he found something that would let him spend more time with his family. I’m guessing coaches at community colleges don’t work 80+ hours a week all year.

I hope that’s what happened. If he truly wants to coach at that level to have time with family, then it’s awesome. But if he couldn’t find a job higher up the ladder (considering the fact that he backed out on Oklahoma and Louisville, I can understand someone being hesitant to hire him), then I think it’s sad. His special teams philosophies were worse than FUBAR, but he coached some great defensive ends and he was a part of some of my favorite UGA football teams of all time. So, if the MACJC is what he wanted, then GATA. If not, I hope he gets back onto a bigger stage soon.

Ricky Woods could go down as one of the greatest High School coaches ever in the game. Having said that, I hope he sees something with Coach Fabris and has the same kind of success at NWMS. Heck, his old South Panola High teams could probably beat his current one!

Fabris was a joke. He was part of Granny Holtz’s staff at USCe. He didn’t develop those DEs, they were just that good. Still can’t believe he didn’t grab Troy Williamson from Silver Bluff. South Carolina was Fabris’ territory. He didn’t get Geathers or Green. That was RG and Richt.

Fabris being at Georgia for as long as he was, shows just how messed up Athens is right now. The misses in recruiting and lack of GATA on the recruiting trail will be the downfall of Richt. I hate it, but he just doesn’t have it anymore. Or did he ever? Not really sure he beat anybody that had better talent than he did.

Dan Mullin and this defensive staff would be a killer. Face it folks, you can get around the 50 yard line and pray all night after the game. You ain’t gonna be put in the top 10 being a nice guy.

Dear all Fabris haters,
This is the guy who gave us Pollack, Moses, Howard, and Johnson, right? He is not a bad coach. Also, this may sound like an in the arena comment but if you have never coached competitive athletics you don’t understand the demands or limitations put on these coaches. I agree, his directional kicking strategies were silly. However, that truly should have been Richt’s call. He should have put an end to that.

Todd,
Come on man. Really? He has the highest win pct of all time @ UGA and he’s no good? Come on dude. Get yourself together.

Bloviation for the Dawgnation

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